The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-05-21
NOTES ON ETIQUETTE.
How You Can Make Yourse;f Popular wit
Friends and Strangers.

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When YOU are invited to dine at the
house of a friend or acqnaintaiicr. 1t is
not considered good form to reply that
you would enjoy it above all things;
but. unfortunately, you are very hum
CRY and do not see how you can possi-
bly, accommodate him. At all events.
never make matters worse by adding
that you will he pleased TO come some
other time-on Fast Day. for instance.
On being asked to take something"
whatever that may mean, it is hardly
proper to inform the inviter that your
stomach has some rights which you are
bound to respect, and il it Is all the
same to him. you viii take as an equiv
alent the money which the .'some-
thing would cost.
As the generality of mankind stands
in pressing need of exercise. it is duty
you owe to society to furnish others
with all the exercise you can possibly
youehsafe to them. Hence, when walk
ing the streets, trail your cane or um-
brella. so that the man behind you shall
be kept hopping and skipping about
like an insane kangaroo, in order to
keep himself from tripping over your
offensive weapon.
1t has been pointed on. that the seats
in a rail car are deatl-traps which have
fashion of shutting up and holding
the occupant until the fire in the over
turned stove has time to cremate him
or her; consequently it will be seen
that Won do kindness 10 Others. es-
pecially - women. by preventing them.
il possible. from obtaining seats. IL
they are made TO stand. of course they
escape the dangers incident To the per-
ilous scat. The knowledge of having
performed kind act always fills one
with supreme pleasure, especially when
he can contemplate his good act in a
comfortable position.
As it is very irving to ones eve; to
/ read print in the cars, il is proper for
| you to prevent your neighlor from in
/ Turing his eyesight BIZ reading his news
paper. Therefore put stop TO his read
ing. either by talking &c him continually
| about something-no matter what. 50
| that il interests yourself-or read To him
detached sentences and good things
from yonr own paper. He may not
thank YOU; but what of that? Because
he is ungrateful. must You therefore
forget your duty to your fellow man?
When you are enjoying your cigar
alone. and a friend drops in tell him
you would ask him to smoke. but you
fear that the smoke of two such cigars
would sulfocate both of you. Your
friend win greatly enjoy your pleas
| antrv, and he viii also be happy because
of the Opportunity You have given him
to inform all his aeluaintances. and nj
yours, that you smoke mighty pool
cigars Besides, you save cigar.
When one is telling you a long anC
!. dry story about the way his housemqi,
goes on. put on melancholy look anC
put stop to his story at the earlies
convenient moment by asking him SOM
irreveiant question. a.. for example
what he thinks of the late strike. wha
his opinions are of possible war il
.s-rspa. or what are his views on whit
mice or$he eventual restoration of tn
Jews. Your dolefnl face will show hin
that Won sympathize deeply in his sui
ferings. and your clever turning of tn
subject of conversation will convinc
him. if he had any doubts before. tina
his story is too painful for you to liste
to it.
VIXEN the shopman has given You to
much money in change. say nothing
but put the money in your pocket
! is always mortifying to be told of one
errors Then it should be remembers
the opportunities of being paid for one
forbearance are too infrequent to |
neglected.
These are only few of the many mic
points of etiquette that might be mel
toned; but they will suffice to sho
that one who knows nothing about ct
p quette can write as well upon that sui
iect as upon any other with which he
equally unaequainted--Boston Ira
script.